speculated
past simple and past participle ofspeculate
| 单词 | speculated |
| 释义 | speculated past simple and past participle ofspeculate speculate verb[I] uk/ˈspek.jə.leɪt/us/ˈspek.jə.leɪt/speculateverb[I](GUESS)C2 toguesspossibleanswersto aquestionwhen you do not have enoughinformationto becertain: I don'tknowwhy she did it - I'm just speculating. Aspokespersondeclinedto speculateonthecauseof thetraincrash. Journalists are speculatingaboutwhetherinterestrateswill becut. [+ that]Thenewspapershave speculatedthatthey will getmarriednextyear. to guess
Guessing, supposing and suspecting
speculateverb[I](TRADE)tobuyandsellin thehopethat thevalueof what youbuywillincreaseand that it can then besoldat ahigherpriceinorderto make aprofit: He made hismoneyspeculatingonthe Londongoldandsilvermarkets. Thecompanyhas been speculatinginpropertyforyears. Investing money
Examplesofspeculatedspeculated In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Many havespeculatedas to the mysterious nature of a wall that is soundproof in one direction and opaque in the other. From theCambridge English Corpus Many researchers havespeculatedas to why volunteering promotes positive outcomes. From theCambridge English Corpus The human mind is perfectly computable, maybe even classically, as we havespeculated. From theCambridge English Corpus It could bespeculatedthat this similarity is linked to the relatively low head position of stalking lions and of hyenas during scavenging on carrions. From theCambridge English Corpus Ispeculatedthat some or all of them might have been inserted by a copy editor. From theCambridge English Corpus Wespeculatedthat marginal thiamine storage due to liver cirrhosis led to consumption and depletion of thiamine faster than had been expected. From theCambridge English Corpus In this paper it isspeculatedthat other aspects of the content of delusions are also of relevance in understanding emotional distress. From theCambridge English Corpus Hespeculatedthat electric technology and psychic activity would merge completely. From theCambridge English Corpus It could bespeculatedthat an additional factor has been the tendency of the insurance industry to pay lip-service to the principle of risk-based premiums. From theCambridge English Corpus It could bespeculatedthat penetration of the skin barrier makes the schistosomula less able to penetrate the placenta barrier. From theCambridge English Corpus The authorsspeculatedthat the reason for this unusually high frequency may be a distortion of the regular -helix. From theCambridge English Corpus Hespeculatedthat some of his friends whom he was going to introduce to me had similar salaries. From theCambridge English Corpus Few havespeculatedabout scribal intentions with respect to these apparently trivial variants. From theCambridge English Corpus Some investigators havespeculatedthat aggressive inflation of the septostomy balloon near a pulmonary venous orifice may cause pulmonary venous inflammation and ultimate obstruction. From theCambridge English Corpus These investigatorsspeculatedthat a critical mass of scar tissue provided the substrate for ventricular arrhythmias. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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